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January 15, 1862 (4 pages)

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_ fieeramentans lok ott wpon the® warring ~. elements, with an inquiring and’ anxious eye. “J find on conversing with some of the prominent-citizens of Sacramento that honesty -¢omnpels theut to say the Capital ought never : "adininsion that might net be expected from . Shwe to whiom the Capital is of vital iniport:Anee, __ . Convention of to-day former knowledge by a cons to. the Legislature to-day. Some of its suggestions are good. but somehow it is a ‘little retrenchment: i* . and reform have been awakened just as he . . is closing « two years’ téem and his political . is suggested, why did he not discover that the 2 constitutivnal mode. = markable that his ideas of enemies are members of the Legislature was . of the Supreme Court made too much for his services, that . the cost of collecting the revenue was fir too great, and so forth, some little time ago that his own friends mght have the benefit af his retrenching suggestions? His Aececidency might be'considered impertinent did not the “diiggeations to the Legislature. In my view of the case the “Husiness of the out-going Governor is to communicate facts to the Leg. nected with the workings of the. Governcongtitution requiré him te communicate his . ment—ledving questions of policy and sug. . our informant. of news: washed away. the 8pot_where important items of intelligenee were received ot a late hour last (Sup . !y-by day) night from Sacramente by way of Fo!lett Folsom at about 6 P.M, yesterday, eS ee ¢ tie nee ‘Telegraph, Mr. Obristy. Depu erift o Sacramento aang. pe the sealncior of the Railroad, arrived at Folsom, from whom except the condemned sweeping everything off. : Since the fall of the American_river, the . obtained the following items Every bridge between Auburn and Felsom ‘¢ Bar Bridge has been” ~— Also every bridge between Folsom and Placerville is gone, and there is po communication betweea-thoag places. Stockton's Miils have be ea abd not a vestige remains of them to mark The water at these Mills had reached to the.seeond story: ot the building, and it is beewept away. ‘. dieved that it might have been saved, had it not been for the large amount of drift: : od floating down,which ¢ame in contact ‘i islature of the new administration—facte con-, haw te x ah oa stu with> irresistible force, fares, by reason of mud and ef of the House to-day appointhis pages aud porters, and now the Legis~~~ qdature tay be said to be fairly under way.— “Tho session of to-day washiief, both Houses adjourning in honor of the battle of New Ordeans. To-morrow the votes for Governor ‘Lieutenant Governor will be canvassed iw joint convention, and the inauguration: of Gov. Styntord will take place, itis expected, on Friday. Owing to the horrid condition Of the streeta, or the places where streets ~ alsed to be, there will be ne chance for much. parade on the occasion, and probably the mily willbeinvisible. The inauguration ball is _@lemeney ofthe wenther,” and probably a Aqueamistoess on the part of Sacrameritans "to hear fiddling while-they are drowning. Sacramento offers one ofthe finest fields in Mess of Darvin’s theory of the origin of true we may cougestions for the future to be discussed and settled hy those whom the people have des‘ignated latest for the. purpose, The message 6! Governor Downey will reach you as soon as this, through the newspapers of this city. His views on national-affeirs are of that gobetween order that entitle him to the eontempt of Union men and rebels. I may take occasion hereafter to make texte of some of his disguised disuuion sentiments. Governor Downey is played out. He is weak; illiterate, double-faced, vain and pusillaninrous, and owes whatever of importaneehe may have possessed to cpernnres position and the whim of a sadly in want of good material —" eS T learn-that the new Governor will not be inaugurated until Saturday. In the meantime the raiti comes down steadily without intermission, while & warm soatherly wind in blowing all the whilé, indicative of but little snow falling in the mountains and--the prospect of another flood. Aséending the Whter Work's building to-day I obtained a good view of the surrounding country, It is alinoat completely stbmerged, and the tel. i race ‘some yoare #ent in1@ second with Bell at the head vestern ideaof * powerful weak,” mpased of a lawyer or two, a few who have rubbed their heads against a law Dook sufficient to acquire the scent of calfakin, and others who know nothing of law at all. Tt is the most important Committee of all and ought’ to be composed of lawyers alone if they are te be found in the Assembly. egraph tells us of bridges being ¢wept away . between this and Placerville, the streams wising higher than ever before. The telegraph also informs us of heavy rains in all the northern parts of the State, and the fears of another deluge arg indulged by 4 great many. Itis not impossible that Gov. Stanford’s indiguration may be attended in boats. F fiud a ‘few Sacramentans willing to ac. knowledge thatthe Capital ought never to have boen brought here. They are exceptions, however, to the general rule of stub: bornness and unreason, The Icelanders have & proverb that “Iceland is the best country on which the sun shines” The Sacramenpeople have not sent the Legislature the proper matwhich» good judiciary commitiee Tn that case the fault lies ab tither than at Speaker Barsapeaking tho Members of the are a promising set, They are “hot addicted to the vice of good intentions in thia-respect ‘the abeonce of the pay. " flome « » Whfeeling has been @bown by employment by Dr. Warren, the Controller, of Elam Covington asa clerk in his.aflite. Covington was formerly an ocThis ) another report that he is a fineness liabbanaiaiaathiscinssassarsieaioledcas bar teottae oe I ; violence anything we ha itnessed. the kno Bore aie telead ace tere ntae: . Om Tuceday and Wedaesday it rae a na eds bers are turoed Sor the T oo: wal with the duties of his of putting the fund for ig "Thay ie bate cffended by stinks inaumersble. But there Francisco in less-than a week. General Fund t . will there be till ma only recourse is the ae hom Governor having . to some tans. are equally-eenfident in their belief: that: there is no other spot on the coast fit for the Capital of the State. Should the inud jise to their eyes they would assert “ the crossings are high and dry” and “there is'nt going to be much of @ shower.” There is an almost general wish among: Legisinters to get out of this gough of des. and on to some spot of sold earth, Where the feet could be relieved of this hor. rible mire end slush, and the pose no longer ure a great many new men m the Legislature who are loath to tovch the Capital question through fear of the: howling Sacramento and lier appeals for sympathy. Nevertheless the feeling in favor uf removal to San Francisco is exceedingly strong and is likely to break outin section at any moment. ‘The readers of the TRANSCRIPT need not be astonished if the Legislature departs for San The Government must-have’ money or its wheels-are ‘stopped. There is none in the pay current expenses, nor months se. The weunp Land Fund, and g alluded to the fact in that thirty odd thanaand dollars had been spent already out of the fund and present. . the rocks. a lon mill steed.__— large hole ‘aaniens by the 3 woman and a chi “was saved+ over all the le seen. two theusand relief visible. their hands. In the Orleans of packed together, titute of wearin weatber. the entire stacks At the sembly Hall. to San Francisco. All the frame street have been ing ingress to the It ia supposed The current ps tie streets, and n favored with from below beto if > do them y¥ going u Auburn, and ook water. creased to such a heavy wachinery can be seen lodged upon ing been broken in the north ‘Pre American river, at Folsom, had fallen about twenty feet, and it is thought that had it continued up to its highest mark but a few hours longer, thebridge could not have withstood the presstire.: The cars-can runas far as Patterson's Station, ten miles below Folsém, but the Superintendent intends having the track repaired a far as Brighton Station to-day; i A. short distance below Patterson's, is a small dwelling heuse, in which wae a man, a in his arms, escaped from the building and building was drowned, A lithe city of Sacramento, the water is The water is five feet above the first floor. of the St. George Hotel, in which—there are people quartered, ly any of the necessaries of life. ~ “Starvation is staring these’ unfortunates in the face, and there are nesigns of immediate The water in the Orleans Hotel. is \-yithin five feet of the ceiling overhead, and People havigate the bar-room in boate, Pp them by shoving against the ceiling with rsons—men, women and children—~ plorable condition ; many of them bein Screen them from the. inelemency of the The water at the corner of Sixth and J streets, where Booth & Co., and Lindley & Weaver and other steres ure situate . withiv two feet of the to be ruined. No one dares enter the buildings. yipito’l the water ig run the fleora ok the ‘Renate Chamber The Inauguration of Leland Stanford took place, after which the Legisliture There is scarcely any possibility of obtain. lost, bat at is impossible te ascertain anything definite!y-in regard to the number or who are the unfortunate oues until the water recedes. strong that it is difficult to minage boats in From preggnt. indications, we will not Be“Te Wapapers or mail matter, nothing can be seen except one vast sheet of Tue STORM:—The storm whieh comsatin. after tmenced on Tuesday last, continued with considerable force ‘wiitil Thursday, when it iag distance below where the In the mills were 150 tons ef-grain, which is a total loss. There was also in the @ill 100 tons of flour, a amall which was saved, ee The Railroad bridge, at Folsom, is still
standing, but is_ portion only of in@ damaged condition=a action of the water, Id. The man, with the child 8, and there ‘is no land tu be with searcethere are a large number and all arein a most de: dey& apparel and bedding to s of the dvors, and Of oO 8 are supposed to over Asadjourned buildings east of Twelfth swept away, city or egress when there. that many lives have been ssing through the city is so wny have been ca sized W eduesday or Thuraday, one of the high hills, near ing down upon the valley, degree that it exceeded in [va ms ae own eyes, the immense down the canon. — : [ _ Amerilefican river into the ditch, vas Citried awa three “qniattefa of a mile, together with the dam. The loss is very heavy and will be severely felt, not onthe stockholders but by the miners, as they_will not be able to reeonstruct the inured portion until the river gets down to or near low ¥ mark. The water to.gupply this-ditch is taken. out near-Tamarhoand then conducted along down the banks ofthe river, supplying miners upon the various bare, until it reaches a short distance below Doteun’s Bar, where the water-is-divided—one half being conducted across the river on a_ wire~guspension bridge, and supplies thet section of setts-Flat. The main ditch extends down the river, Gut gradilly fids its way. to tie ridge until it reaches’ Rise Springs, wher it diverges off into various directions. and supplies the miners all through thut part of the country, and ae far down 4% Sailor Bar, 10 or 12 miles from: Sacramento, below which point there tippitirs to be no. diggings. this mishap, will not fall far short of whe thousand. RP Ree ee Arrivals at N tional Exchange GEO. Ri LANCASTER, PROPRIET OR -___ + JaupakY, th EWw MoCardys Bacra'to RH Farquhar,.Eliza EY Cu ; Red Dog J Pollard, F Corrél EC re, do.. F McBean, Wash’n M St eld, do A Mason, do AI Adot do W W Cozzens, LY W ABegole,. do M rp do GW Foster, eo ain mans, kon N Jacobs. — den, lo Geo Jacobs. ~ a G Morgen: Moore’s W L Flagier, B Tent E Rienduu, do Mrs Stone, do 4 Haddin.G Valley A Brown;: City JS Humpres, H’buz ae seem, sine a eA " aio. ompson, do \ SP GW Hilt, “do Hf Leeker, <Q Hil Geo EClark, .do DMLinn, ~ Ht Pat H-M Taylor, G Valley: J G Page, . J Stone, do M Dwyer, ~ Dunston, do between that pomt and Meesaehn>> Itis estimated -that the°number of miners } that will be thrown out of employment by, befere Bread Street, Sevatas NBS te SRN NO ATI Ok NOL To P eee DR. HOSTETTE: Stomach Bitters. restorative ill once more become steady and strong. Inthe debility which follows violent fever ; in diarrhoea, dysentery, dyspeptic comPlaints and cholic <in the weakness consequent upon natural decay, or resulting from free living or over exercion, and alsoin these painful “and too much neglected ailments to which hidies are exclusively subject, the Bitters tever fail to give E. F. SPENCE, Pe wis reg eG 7 Nev city, California. ce ‘ m0 FS MONS,—State. of California, Township unty of Nevada, sa. Justices’_Coygrt, . W. Smith, J-P.The the Stat. of California, tc JOSEPH LEONARD. summoned re hereb: : to appear ps In Justice of the Peace, at his office.in said Township, on Saturday the i2th day of April, A.B. 1 at Bo 7 A. M., to answer to the Com) tof . ‘Pa an rge ne, usteer of the Blue Tent Church, who demand of you the sum ef $15,000, an eomplaint, now on file ~_—_ office, On. be rendered agiinst yeu for the said sum cf 15,0034 dailies and pan oe et ne siven er my hand this of January, A. D. 1862. . : E W. saith, A ae and it appear therefrom, plaintiffs. have a good cause of action against the above named defendant, and that said defendant is a non-resident of the State of California. It is hereby ordered that service of Summons herein be made by publicaaon in the Dathy Mouninc TRANSCRIPT, & newspaper published in Nevada county at — Once, a week, for a period of three _ Given under my hand this 8th day of January; ‘As D., 1862. E. W. SMITH, Justice of the Peace. CHEAP ena IMPORTANT NOTIC S. HAAS & CO. ee CREAT REDUCTION Will sell Boots from $1,00 to. 81,50. Cheaper than any She Store in town. Steel Heel, Full Calf Boote for $5.00 per pair. A good Nailed Boot from’$3,00 to $5,00, Ladies Shoes in Ppreportion. Nevada, Dec. 2ist, ESTRAY. (“se into the stable of the snbseriber on the 13th jast., TWO MULES. The own. er can have the same proving and paying charges. Sonne Pate ON, . or i é Jan l5th.—3w. . Spring St. Nevada. UMMONS.—State of California, County of Nevada, ss. District Court of the F urteenth LAND filed against you and John livery within J. ©. BIRDSEYE, . . BOOT AND SHOE STORE. _. WILLIAM SHAFER. . OCommerctal Street, Nevada CS bs be satisficd ‘that there is a Cheap os 7 store in the town. ane ners, . your sare Tr an Ou Wir economy call on SHARPER aad buy a + your attention is called to his stock Repairing.—Partieular attention given to this teaneh the busiuess. a _ Give me a call and satisfy yourselves. ‘WM. SHEFER. Nevada, Dee. 17#h—tf s : GEORGE W. KIDD, © Gus DUST Purchased at the Highest Market Rates, and liberal advances made on Dust a for Assay or for Coinage atthe U.S one on San Francis¢o and Sacramento " on the Cities at the Lowest Rates & M FELTON. BIRDSEYE & Co., NO. 30 Main street, Nevada City. URCHASE Gold Durt. Advance on Dust for Assay or Coinage at the U.S. Mint. Judicial District-of said State. Tlie People of; Draw Sight Checks on San Francisco, Sacrathe State of California, to MATHEW CR WE, . mento and Marysville. Greeting. cam Our Sight Exchange on New York. Yew are hereby summoned to r and anHighest paid for County Scrip. ewer to the. of ARCHIBALD BOR-. ~ Nevada, h ; 2, Ov. 24th. ten days from the service of this writ served on you in this county, and within twenty days if served on you in this District and out of this county, and within forty days if served on youin the State and out of this District, in an action commenced on the 14th day of January 4. p. 1862, [ in said court to obtain a deeree of this eourt for the Foreclosure of a certain Mortgage, bearing te the 10th day of September a. D., 1860, ex. ted by the said Defendant M. Crowe to Plainthf and for the sale of the premises there and in said complaint particularly men r % eribed, and the aplication ofthe mc noe pe be “PURE GROUND JAVA GOFFEE! Warranted Fresh, kept constantly on hand aud for sale by FORTUNE GUES, . . Commereial Street, NevadaCity. _ Nevada, Oet. 20th, 1861—t¢ © 80 a aintif! may have execu the said defenpo pean ny os or ; ndant Plaintiff’s "TSE, Pasecrsss crest . large, that he has taken ‘BAILEY HOUSE, ON BROAD STREET, NEVADA, re costae d to rally with — ae before the ~ _ Upon reading the affidavit filed in this cause, . whose Health is Broken “a —Deuggist, nits) ste: ien! “and pee par and fire a fron “Fre ved) its. . T At . sims Fr drov: since Ls” pers ewbdje Thus says at th son, * some rame the l dinar Ly says aceor and . figure is Te and . Joeali forwic . ap, mw te clerk ed an sevet